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...week's opening salvo entitled "Monkey: Journey to the West," a kind of circus-opera extravaganza, with a set designed by the pop group Gorillaz. Based upon a 16th century Chinese legend of a monk and a wondering monkey, it featured a riveting score by Damon Albarn, of Blur fame, plus a troupe of Chinese acrobats and martial artists...
...Gates has reached a point of self-actualization that is beyond money and fame. This extraordinary man started from scratch to get to where he is today. There is yet one more cause for which he might be useful: saving the environment. Gautham Venkata-Chalam, PARIS...
Then, says Kennedy, came "my 15 minutes of fame." The Big Picture - featuring a New York City lawyer on the run from a crime of passion - brought him a $1.1 million deal from New York's Hyperion Books and billing as the next John Grisham. He got $1 million for his next thriller, The Job, about an ambitious young salesman enmeshed in a web of deceit. Like its predecessor, the book sold decently but failed to earn back the advance. "On the book tour, I could sense it was tanking," Kennedy recalls. "I was 41. I decided I was going...
...TIME: NBA players are notoriously tempted by the trappings of money and fame-the parties, the fast lifestyle, the women. Are you prepared for all of that...
...time he was 12, when he played in his first basketball game - to the brink of stardom quietly delights the powers behind the global sports marketing machine that the NBA has become, because they helped get "The Big Yi"? (pronounced "E", a la the nickname of hall of fame forward Elvin Hayes) where he is today...